Essays, Biographical, Critical and Historical, Volume 2Suttaby, 1814 - English literature |
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... thing in most gorgeous manner . But all the cost bestowed did not so much en- rich , nor all the fine decking so much beautifie , nor all the daintie devices so much delight , as the fairness of Parthenia , the pearl of all the maids of ...
... thing in most gorgeous manner . But all the cost bestowed did not so much en- rich , nor all the fine decking so much beautifie , nor all the daintie devices so much delight , as the fairness of Parthenia , the pearl of all the maids of ...
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... things to pass away as in a dream , there shall be , for men's information , ex- tant this much concerning the ... thing com- mon , it is through the manifold persuasions , dis- positions , and occasions of men , with equal desert both ...
... things to pass away as in a dream , there shall be , for men's information , ex- tant this much concerning the ... thing com- mon , it is through the manifold persuasions , dis- positions , and occasions of men , with equal desert both ...
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... things in heaven and earth do her homage ; the very least as feel- ing her care , and the greatest as not exempted from her power . Both angels and men , and creatures of what condition soever , though each in different sort and manner ...
... things in heaven and earth do her homage ; the very least as feel- ing her care , and the greatest as not exempted from her power . Both angels and men , and creatures of what condition soever , though each in different sort and manner ...
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... things . Reading maketh a full man ; conference a ready man ; and writing an exact man . And therefore , if a man write little , hee had need have a great memory ; if he conferre little , hee had need have a present wit ; and if he ...
... things . Reading maketh a full man ; conference a ready man ; and writing an exact man . And therefore , if a man write little , hee had need have a great memory ; if he conferre little , hee had need have a present wit ; and if he ...
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... my self : to him it will be no new thing , though I tell him , that if I hunted after praise by the ostentation of wit and learning , I should not write thus out of mine own season , when I have 32 ON THE PROGRESS AND MERITS.
... my self : to him it will be no new thing , though I tell him , that if I hunted after praise by the ostentation of wit and learning , I should not write thus out of mine own season , when I have 32 ON THE PROGRESS AND MERITS.
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